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Old 12-15-2007, 01:15 PM   #17
cory123
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: NJ---->Chicago
Posts: 1,788
Deferred

Stats:
  • SAT: 2310
  • SAT II: 800/770/760 iic/bio/ush
  • ACT: n/a
  • GPA: 4.79
  • Rank: 2/15x
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): calc - 4, stats - 4, apush 5, bio 5, amc12 - 109.5, aime - 3
Subjective
  • Essays: pretty good i thought. didn't do the optional essay, but wrote one of my own about my passion for running. main was how i overcame my fear of public speaking through a summer internship
  • Teacher Recs: one was good from my coach/history teacher. other no idea but i imagine it was decent
  • Counselor Rec: generic
  • Supplementary Material: rec from my boss, the cmio at cornell medical college
  • Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): supported by the xc/track coach at mit
Personal
  • Location: NJ
  • High School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: Male
  • Applied for Financial Aid: Not Yet
Other
  • Extracurriculars: xc/track, 6 week paid internship at cornell in manhattan, summer teaching poor children in china, hospital volunteering, other random stuff
  • Awards: bunch of running awards, amc/aime school winners, nothing amazing
  • Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Reasons why deferred was probably just my lack of big awards, and perhaps not writing the optional essay
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